Fastening device.



F. S. CAR-R.

FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MARS, 190a.

1 6 995 v Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

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FRED s. CARR, or BROOKLINE, nAssAonUsErTs, ASSIGNOR TO CARR FASTENER oOMPANY, or -BOsTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

' FASTENING DE VICE.

Specification. of.

Patent Patented April 6, 1909.

"To all whom it may concern:

tain new and useful I provements in Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stud and socket fasteners for various purposes, such as the securing together of overlapping parts of garments and other articles for personal wear, such as gloves, and for securing carriage curtains, etc.

The invention has for its object, first, to provide a resilient sheet metal stud member of. improved construction whereby opposite side portions of the stud member are adapted to approach andrecede from each other to contract and expand the stud, and an efl'ective and durable spring is provided, adapted to normally hold the stud in an expanded condition with sufficient force to prevent liability of its accidental disengage ment with-the accompanying socket member, the latter being of rigid, or non-resilient construction.

The invention also hasfor its Object to provide a stud and socket fastener, adapted to be interlocked in. such manner that they will be inseparable by a direct Outward pull or strain isuch as would naturally be exerted by the ordinary conditions of use, and will be separable only by a strain in a different direction, the stud member being of com pressible construction, and normally yieldingly expanded to engage the socket memher the com IQSSlbllllfi of t re stud member her by a special or abnormal movement of the latter. I

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Oi the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspectiveview of the stud member of the fastening device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents persper'zt ive view of the socket member of-said device. Fig. 3 represents a top plan view of the stud member showing the samefin its normal expanded condition.

member compresse or laterally contracted Fig. 4. represents a. view similar to Fi 3, showing the stud.

to permit its disengagement from the socket member. Fig. 5 represents a side view showing the stud and socket members engaged with each other. Fig. 6 represents a top plan view showing the two members in the condition represented in Fig. 5. Fig.7 represents a section on line 77 of Fig. 3. Fig. 8 represents a section on line 8-8 of Fig. 5. Fig. 9 re resents a section on line 99*of. Fig. 6, s owing the parts with which thestud and socket members are or may be engaged,-when the invention is embodied in a carriage curtain fastener. Fig. 10 represents a view similar'to' Fig. 0, showing the stud member engaged with a a sectional view showing the parts oi the holder, shown in Fig-10, before they are In the drawings, 12 represents a socket member, which is here shown as a -flat plate having an orifice 13, the edges 14. 140i which form jaws which are practically rigid and immovable relatively to each other. The socket member 12 may be attached in any suitable wa to the part which carries-it, holes 15 being here shown, adapted to receiveattaching stitches or other-means for 'SBOUIlIlg the socket member.

It may be here stated that the socket member and the stud member, hereinafter described,may be made of any size desired, the size dependingon the use to which the fastener is to be put, itbeing obvious that for gloves and garments, the size of the parts of the members ofthe fastener will be very much smaller'than when the fastener is used for such purposes as securing carriage curtains and the like. The St lld member shown in Figs. 1. to 9, inclusive,-is a hollow sheet metal post which is here shown as formed from sheet metal in a single piece with a flange 17, the latter being adapted to be secured to the part which carries the stud member. One side of the post is entirely splitlongitudinally by a slot or opening 18," which extends across the flange 17, and crosswise in the top or head of the ost, the slot terminating at 19 (Fig. .he 0st is split through one side Only,' 1ts wall ein closed and continuous excepting at the si e where the slot 18 is formed, so that the post has side portions 16 and a neck different form of holder. Fig. 11 represents portion 20 connecting said side portions, the

whole constituting a U-shaped sprin which is reinforced by the corresponding closed or uncut portion of the flange 17, and is normally expanded to hold the two side/portions 16 separated from each other, as shown inFigs. 1, 3, 6 and 8..

slde portions 16 are provided with recesses,

Theouter sides of the which are of such form as to create shoulders 22, and inclined faces 23 which are located below said shoulders, the shoulders 22. overhanging the nclined faces 23. When the stud member is in its normal expanded condition, the portions of the faces. 23 immedi- I by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and are adapted to ately under the shoulders 22 are substantially parallel with each other, as indicated engage the jaws 14 of the socket member, the

j a, shoulders 22 overhanging said jaws, as shown 'L stud member from the socket member.

' faces 23 are inclined outwardly from their in Fig. 6, and'preventing the removal of the The junction with the shoulders 22, and are. so

" formed that when the socket member 12 is inclined as indicated by dotted lines in (Fig. 5,

. the pressure of the jaws on said inclined faces V will force the sect1ons 16 together, as shown 22 are inclined so that the top of -the stud in Fig. 4, far enough to disengage the said shoulders from the jaws 14, and permitthe removal of the socket member from the stud.

member' in the direction indicated by the arrow 4 inFig. 5.' When the socket member is substantially parallel with the base ofthe stud member, as shown by full lines in Fig. 5,

the jaws 14 bear squarelyagainst the shoul-* ders 22, so that the socket member cannot be removed fromthe stud vmember by a direct outward pull in the direction indicated by the arrow at in Fig. 5. The portions of the stud member section 16 above the shoulders member is narrower than the space between the outer ends of the shoulders 22. Hence when' the socket member is forced down 45 and thus cause the interlocking of the shoulders 22 with the jaws 14. Thereafter, the two members will be inseparable by direct outward strain in the direction of the arrow 91;,tl1is being the direction of the strain ordinarily exerted, tend ng to se arate the two members, the said members em separable only by strain in the abnormal rirection of the arrow 1 It will be seen from the foregoing that so long as the engagingfaces of the shoulders 22 and'the jaws 14 are in substantially parallel planes, as indicated by full lines n Fig. 5,

the said members are practically inseparable, it being necessary to move the aws out of parallelism with the'engaging faces of the shoulders, in order to cause a separation of the two members. may be interposed between the stud sections 16,'as shown in Fig. 8, said spring reinforcing the spring provided by the closed side portion of the stud.

.- It will be seen. by reference toFig. 9 that the shoulders 22 of the stud member are inclined downwardly and outwardly from the sides of the stud, and that the jaws 14 of the socket member are offset and inclined in such manner as to engage and interlock with the inclined shoulders 22 and prevent movement of the side portions of the stud toward each other so long as the members are normally if desired, a spring 25 engaged, and the socket member is subjected to pressure in any direction exceptin that indicated by the arrow y. Accidenta con traction otthe stud member is therefore prevented by the socket member under'ord-inary conditions of use.

When the stud member is a part of a carloosely confined by an 'overl'iangingotfset flange 27 (Fig. 9) attached to the post, and

permitting the expanding and contracting movements of the portions of the stud and its flange which. are separated by the slot. In Fig. 9, 28 're .resents a carriage curtain to which the soc 61? member is afiixed.

When the stud member is to be applied to a flexible article such as a portion of a garment, the flange 17 may be attached directly to the flexible article by stitches or other fastenings and the flange 17 may have holes.

15 like those in the socket member, to receive attaching stitches.

In Figs. 10 and 11, I show suitable means for securing the stud member to the part 29 of a glove or other flexible article, said part being overlapped by a part 30 to which the I socket member 12 isaflixed; In this embodiment of the invention, the flange 17 of the stud member is loosely held in a chamber 31 formed on the outer end of an eyelet 35 which is passed through the part 29 and spread or upset in a hollow cap 36 having an anvil 37. The flan e 17 is movable ed'gewise in the chamber 31' sufficientlytopei'mit the described contraction and expansion of the stud.

Itwill be observed .by reference to Figs. 3 and 6, that the opposite ends of. the stud in which the recesses are formed diverge from the end of the stud opposite the slot 18, the end in which the slot'is formed bein normally wider .than the o posite close end. It will be observed also t at the Width of the shoulders 22 decreases from the wider end of the stud, said shoulders disa pearing at the of said jaws against the inclined sides 23.

In fact the contraction of the stud may be caused wholly by the said upward pressure of the jaws.

As has been stated, the post or head of the stud member is entirely split longitudinally through one side and crosswise in its outer end. As shown in Fig. 7, the slot terminates at 19. This leaves a closed. substantially straight back which is parallel with the longitudinal axis of the stud member and which constitutes a spring hinge which normally causes the side portions of the stud to be spread so that'the socket member will be retained under the abrupt shoulders of the stub members.

1. A hollow sheet metal stud member having opposite indentations which form abrupt jaw-engaging shoulders, which decrease in width from one end to the other, and'a slot extending longitudinally through one side portion of the stud between said shoulders and crosswise in the outer end portion of the stud, the portions of the stud between which the slot is located, including said shoulders, being movable toward and from each other to contract and expand the stud, whilethe opposite side portion of the stud is closed and constitutes a spring which yieldingly expands the stud, the sides of the stud above the shoulders diverging from the narrower t6- ward the wider ends of the shoulders.

2. A fastener composed of a socket member having a pair of substantially rigid jaws;

and a stud member having abrupt shoulders on opposite sides, adapted to positively engage said jaws to prevent separation of the parts to act upon said jaws, and cause the compression 0 the stud member when the said faces are moved out of parallel planes.

3. A fastener composed of a socket memher having a pair of substantially rigid jaws, and a stud member having abrupt shoulders on opposite sides, adapted to positively engage said jaws to prevent separation of the members by a pull in the direction of the axis of the stud member while the engaging faces of the shoulders and the jaws are in parallel planes, the stud member being composed of 'two side portions connected by a resilient neck, whereby the head is normally expanded laterally, and provided with additional parts to act upon said jaws, and (2a se the lateral compression of thestud member when the said. faces are moved out of parallel planes.

4. A hollow sheet 'metal stud member split longitudinally and having two outer walls substantially parallel with each other and with the split and formed with recesses which vanish toward one end, the upper portions of said recesses formingabrupt shoulders.

5. A fastener comprising a stud member having side portions which are normally expanded, and are movable toward each other to contract the stud, said side portions havingshoulders which are inclined downwardly and outwardly from the sides of the stud, and a socket member having rigid opposed jaws which are oil'set from the plane of the socket member and adapted to enga shoulders to prevent the contraction of the stud member ,as set forth.

6. A hollow sheet metal stud member split longitudinally through one side and crosswise in its outer end or head, the said memher having a closed substantially straight backsubstantially parallel with. the longitudinal axis of said. stud member and consti' tuting a spring hinge.

In. testimony whereof l have affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

FRED S. CARR.

Witnesses:

C. F. BROWN, P. W. PEZZETII.

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